Tuesday, September 12, 2017

September 12, 2017

UPDATED 6:00 PM, September 13, 2017


Coffee Wildfire
  • Reported: 5:35 PM
  • Location: Sioux County, Nebraska,  near Montrose
  • Size: 750
  • Cause: lightning
  • Local resources, and 1 SEAT aircraft responded
  • Contained and controlled

Pasture 16 Wildfire
  • Reported: 5:00 PM
  • Location: Sioux County, Nebraska,  22 mi NW of Crawford.
  • Size: 51
  • Cause: lightning
  • Federal and local resources responded
  • Contained

Cold Draw Wildfire
  • Reported: 4:45 PM
  • Location: 25 miles southwest of Wall, SD
  • Size: 14.79
  • Cause: lightning
  • Federal and local resources responded
  • Contained

#6 Wildfire
  • Reported: 3:58 PM
  • Location: Fall River County, 1 mile south of mile marker 70 on Hwy. 18, Slim Buttes Rd.
  • Size: in mop up stages, more information to follow
  • Cause: lightning
  • Local resources responded

Rock Wildfire
  • Reported: 3:29 PM
  • Location: Dawes co, NE 6-7 mi s of Crawford, NE
  • Size: 2.6 acres
  • Cause: lightning
  • Federal, State, and local resources responded
  • Contained

East 40 Wildfire
  • Reported: 3:16 PM
  • Location: near Badlands National Park
  • Size: 152 acres
  • Cause: lightning
  • Federal and State resources are responding
  • Contained

Snyder Ranch Wildfire
  • Reported: 3:00 PM
  • Location: near weigh station on I-90, Meade County
  • Size: .25
  • Cause: lightning 
  • Federal, State resources are responded
  • Contained

Sanders Wildfire
  • Reported: 8:30 am
  • Location: Bald Hills area along Hwy. 385/Victoria Lake Road
  • Size: 3.5 acres
  • Cause: human caused
  • Federal, State, and local resources responded
  • Contained

Rankin Wildfire

For latest information, please call Tom Farrell, Public Information Officer, at 605-745-1130
  • Reported: 1:57 pm - September 11
  • Location: 1 SSW of Highland Creek Trailhead in Wind Cave National Park
  • Size: Estimated 1,000 acres
  • Cause: Lightning 
  • Federal, State, and local resources are on scene, including air attack
  • 0% containment at this time
  • Crews worked throughout the night burning out the southern portion of the fire (up to NPS 5 Road and the intersection with Hwy. 87). Incident commander is concerned about the current south winds and crews are working now to secure the northern portions or the fire. 
Blackhawk Wildfire
  • Reported: 5:52 pm - September 11
  • Location: Crook County, WY - Near Cook Lake 
  • Size: 8.3 acres 
  • Cause: Human Equipment 
  • Federal, State, and local resources are on scene and in mop-up 
  • 100% containment reached at 4:30 PM, September 13, 2017